As you are building your brand, you don't think about how to manage success in your small business. You struggle, sometimes for years, to get your small business off the ground. You plan, market, sell, schmooze. You spend long hours with little rest. Then suddenly it comes: Success! Do you have a plan for managing your …
Why I Always Read Email First Thing Each Morning
Time-management pundits are always harping on how we waste time reading emails first thing in the morning. I think they're full of manure. First of all, a Marketo study found that 58% of people read email first thing in the morning, many reading email before they eat breakfast. Is it just addiction -- or is there a good reason for it? As a small …
44 Tips for Dealing with Overwhelm: The Ultimate Guide for Entrepreneurs Who Do Too Much
As a small business owner, there are often too many ideas, too many tasks and projects, and not enough time or resources. Entrepreneurs are a creative bunch of people and we're always thinking of new ideas! But are you dealing with the overwhelm, or letting it slow you down? I don't know anyone who isn't time-constrained. We all have busy lives, …
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Dealing with Crazymaker Clients – Part 1
Dealing with difficult clients? I hear horror stories all the time from my colleagues and clients about their own customers (also -- vendors, mastermind group members, partners and employees) who constantly step outside the boundaries of what's considered good social behavior. Sure, we all make mistakes from time-to-time, but these folks make a …
Avoid Pricing and Discounting Mistakes
In 2008, Pizza Hut saw its sales drop because of the Great Recession. Competitors were lowering their prices and offering discounts -- and Pizza Hut figured they needed to offer a discount if they wanted to compete with Dominoes Pizza and Papa Johns Pizza for a dwindling market. So in 2009, Pizza Hut began to offer a large cheese pizza with three …
7 Tips for Managing Information Overload
Do you ever have that disturbing feeling that trying to squeeze one more piece of new information in your brain will render you senseless? Information overload causes stress and a loss of productivity. We're so busy gathering information that we never get into action around implementing all these great ideas. And we can't seem to put our fingers …